Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric, >From having lived in the US and various European countries, I have to conclude that the range of opinions available in the media (print and electronic) is wider in countries like Denmark or the Netherlands or the UK than in the US, due to the self-imposed restrictions resulting from the commercial pressures in the US. The latest sorry affair about a US TV network pulling a Reagan documentary is a good example. And I am not sure from where you get this outrageous idea: > But, if a publication would desire to run just > about anything but child porn, they are free to do so. Not so in > Europe. Offend the wrong official, and you go to jail. Have your > "license" to practice journalism revoked. > In fact, right now the Danish government is struggling with the question about how they can deny funding to a local neo-Nazi radio station which, like all other community radio, gets support from the Ministry of Culture. Under Denmark's very strict freedom-of-speech laws, it is impossible to take away their broadcasting license, and even denying them public funding may turn out to be impossible (unless of course all public funding to all community radio is abolished). So, can you provide me with SPECIFIC examples of journalists in Western Europe who have had their "license" revoked for offending the "wrong official"? In fact, can you even tell me where one needs a license to practice journalism? You always bereate Europeans for not understanding the US--well, I am a bit of both, being a US citizen living in Europe, and I have to tell you that your own understanding of this side of the Atlantic seems to be sorely lacking, based on your recent postings. Nathan - -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands e-mail: n.wajsman@chello.nl Mobile: +31 630 868 671 Photo site: http://www.wajsmanphoto.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html